Re: [sc-users] sc-users is closing down

[mlang@xxxxxxxxxx]

i@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Hi All,
>
> As some of you will know from the discussions here, this list will be closing
> down. We’re encouraging all users to join the forum at https://scsynth.org/

This is sad :-(

I refrained from commenting during the discussion, mostly because I no
longer think the exceptional situation of a single person can influence
current trends, and likely also because I was afraid of the grief I
would be feeling just having to participate in such a discussion.

I see the trend since a few years.  Slack, Discorse, and of course web
forumss.  All of these are pretty much excluding for me.
I am blind.  And while I can use a modern web browser if I have to, the
inherent inefficiencies and accessibility problems make it pretty much a
no-fun experience.  Well-defined protocols like SMTP/IMAP made it easy for
me to participate in a group like sc-users, because I was able to choose
the client software I am able to use efficiently.

In this particular situation, it will lead to me going into read-only
mode.  I will likely not contribute to scsynth.org simply because I am
forced to go via the web.  I might be able to stay in lurking mode as
long as the RSS interface works and the post pages stay clean enough to
be consumed with a text browser.  But I am assuming even that is going
to go away after a few years.  Well, such is life.

When I was young, I was hoping for computer accessibility to be an eye
for the blind to the rest of the world.  After 25 years of surfing on
the various waves of the Internet, I realize certain trends have
actually done the contrary.  The list of things I know about and would want to
take part in but can't because they are inherently inaccessible is
growing on a daily basis.  At least at work I was able to crawl into my
little corner of "command-line expert" and will maybe be able to hide
there before I retire.  Maybe, we will see.

I know that this letter is not going to change things, and I dont expect
that.  But I have to say this aloud: The way the internet is going is
wrong. Pretending otherwise doesn't make it right.
Open standards are replaced with proprietary web-based interfaces.
And nobody seems to care.

Question is, how many years will it take until BLM could also mean
"blind lives matter"?  Given the current trend, never.

It was a pleasure to read you all, kthxbye

-- 
CYa,
  ⡍⠁⠗⠊⠕

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